242. New Goals, Discover Shanghai【2/2】
.The spring of Damengli in the spring of 1561, the year of sailing in the East China Sea.
The news that King Jiashan defeated the Japanese pirates soon spread throughout the Jiangnan area. Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing... All cities were in full swing, and countless people flocked to the streets, singing and dancing, celebrating victory, and the bustle like a festival lasted for many days.
Hu Zhongxian's announcement was then issued, recruiting courageous people from the entire Jiangnan to join the village brawl team to jointly defend his hometown. At the same time, a large number of wolf soldiers were pulled out from the territory of the Zhuang chieftain of Guangxi. This time, the wolf soldiers were recruited, and there was no longer a lack of control as before. Hu Zhongxian discussed the details with Mrs. Wa in advance and handed over a large amount of military expenses to Mrs. Wa, using these military expenses as conditions, so that wolves like savages would only deal with Japanese pirates and not steal whatever they saw.
The wolf soldiers entered the front lines of Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Ningbo, and became the backbone of the anti-Japanese war. Subsequently, the officers and soldiers of Jiangnan who had been rectified formed one full force after another. They no longer had thirty troops as before, and as they did before, the army that reported to the court that 100 people actually had only thirty people. Now every 100 household office has a real 100 soldiers.
After the army entered, it began to build a large number of castles along the coastline. There were 59 castles in total, each of which cost a huge amount of money to build the castle wall with hard granite, which contained very complex fortifications. There were also a little burning beacon tower on the top of the castle, and the alarm was quickly called at any time. I don’t know how many craftsmen in Jiangnan were called, and the work scenes made everyone feel generous.
At the same time, a vigorous shipbuilding operation was launched in the shipyards in Quanzhou, Fuzhou and Ningbo. Hu Zhongxian invested millions of taels of silver and vowed to build a huge fleet to resist the Japanese pirates outside the country's borders and prevent them from entering the land of the Great Manchu Kingdom. For this reason, he also specially invited artillery experts from all over the country to make cannons that could be placed on warships.
Soon, a fierce battle took place along the coasts of Jiangnan...
A group of small groups of Japanese pirates of about 300 people landed near Ningbo as before, intending to grab a vote and leave. The small groups of Japanese pirates hit a fortress under construction, with five hundred wolves stationed on the edge of the fortress.
According to the past practice, it was not a problem for three hundred Japanese pirates to defeat 1,000 officers and soldiers, so these Japanese pirates did not take the wolf soldiers seriously at all. They waved the eighteen weapons in their hands and rushed up while screaming. The wolf soldiers took out all kinds of strange weapons, such as a stone hammer made of a stone tied at the top of a wooden stick, a poisonous needle made of fish bones in the bamboo tube, a boomerang made of animal bones, and a flying claw made of animal teeth...
These strange weapons in ancient times caused the Japanese pirates to burst into laughter, but the Japanese pirates did not know that each of these weapons was a terrifying weapon.
Guangxi Tusi, like Miao District in Yunnan, has a terrifying profession: "Drug Master!" And it is not just a second-level "Drug Master". There are also many third-level "Drug Master" and fourth-level "Vodoo Master" in the mountains of Guangxi. The weapons of the wolf soldiers were soaked in the poisonous water made by the poison masters in advance. Each seemingly ridiculous weapon is an extremely terrifying and deadly blade.
The Japanese pirates soon realized how powerful the wild people were!
They are less afraid of death than the Japanese pirates and are even more good at fighting. During the battle, the wild people fought with the Japanese pirates and would not even frown, but the Japanese pirates were fierce, and they would still frown...
After fighting, the Japanese pirates secretly called it a bad idea, and these "commissioned soldiers" could not be scared. But then even more unfavorable problems arose. Which Japanese pirate hit by the savage weapons, which Japanese pirate immediately screamed and their whole body turned black and died. The poison on their weapons was very terrifying, and the throat was sealed with blood, and the person in the middle died immediately.
The terrifying poison and the crazy savages quickly defeated the fighting spirit of the Japanese pirates. This small-scale encounter, at the cost of the death of fifty savages, wiped out the entire army of 300 Japanese pirates.
The same battle was staged on many coastlines. All the small groups of Japanese pirates who came ashore to burn, kill and loot were all strongly resisted by the soldiers of the Great Man Kingdom. Some were done by wolves, while others were reorganized. It turned out that the cowardly and unbearable battles had improved their combat effectiveness a little after being reorganized, and Yi Yun's victory added confidence to them. In addition, the frequent wolves fighting Japanese pirates in various places finally awakened the fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers of the Great Man Kingdom. These soldiers who had been pacified for hundreds of years and had forgotten how to fight even the war finally made up their minds and practiced well. During the battle, they no longer acted recklessly and no longer ran away, but bravely rushed forward. Once, there was a second time, and then they became more and more brave.
The situation of anti-Japanese war is very good, and small groups of Japanese pirates dare not land on the land again... The coastline of the entire Da Meng Kingdom has an unprecedented peaceful scene...
Jiashan Oasis!
Yi Yun was sitting in the pavilion in the back garden drinking tea. Chen Yuanyuan beside her held a seven-stringed zither and played it casually. Her piano skills were very impressive, and the wonderful music floated out like flowing water. When she was performing on the Qinhuai River, she used this piano skills to conquer countless young men.
Unfortunately... Yi Yun doesn't sell the bills very much. Yi Yun, who is used to listening to popular songs from later generations, really doesn't like the sound of the pipa that is dying. He glanced at Chen Yuanyuan and said, "I said, "My sister Yuanyuan, where did you learn the strange song? I'm so weak that I'm almost blown away by you."
Chen Yuanyuan was stunned. She wanted to use this song to make Yi Yun fall in love with her and hand over the transfer treasure. Unexpectedly, she got such an evaluation, so she had to smile bitterly: "I am not good at learning skills, so I am making the prince laugh."
Putting down the pipa, she thought for a while and said, "Prince, the Japanese pirates' trouble seems to have been solved recently. There are no reports of the dozens of important locations along the coast to find Japanese pirates. The wolf soldiers have not fought for war and are all impatient."
Yi Yun smiled and said, "This is only temporary!"
"How can the prince explain this?" Chen Yuanyuan asked with a smile.
"The Japanese pirates found that the small group could not grab anything on the shore, so they retracted their tentacles and were now invading a large-scale invasion." Yi Yun smiled and said, "If I expected it would be fine, the next time the Japanese pirates landed, at least 5,000 people...uh... maybe tens of thousands of them will change their previous style of playing the village and leaving. This time it is very likely to capture a big city."
"Why is this?" Chen Yuanyuan asked with a soft smile.
"The small number of Japanese pirates need not much. It is enough for them to earn a few villages." Yi Yun analyzed: "But the large number of Japanese pirates will not work. Do you think that ten thousand Japanese pirates will earn enough money for a small village? In order to maintain the morale of the Japanese pirates, the leader who led the large number of Japanese pirates to rob ashore must set his target in a big city... If the big city cannot be defeated and the enough money and food cannot be grabbed, the leader's position will be difficult to sit, hahaha."
Chen Yuanyuan's eyes burst into admiration: "The prince is really a magical plan."
"Come on, don't pretend to praise me." Yi Yun smiled and said, "It's not that you don't know these things, but you don't say them. You came to ask me on purpose, wanting me to feel very satisfied, right? Haha, you woman, you are so petty and always use small tricks."
Chen Yuanyuan was silent: He saw through again... Alas, this man is so difficult. When will I dig out the secret of the transfer treasure from him? If he never falls in love with me, wouldn't I be in vain?
"Prince, don't always expose me. The prince is indeed right. I was asking just now... Isn't I trying to please the prince?" Chen Yuanyuan scattered, wiped the matter over, and said, "But I also have questions that I really want to ask..."
"Oh? Do you really want to ask? Isn't it a fake?" Yi Yun said with a wicked smile.
"Hate!" Chen Yuanyuan said in a coquettish manner, and then said softly: "I want to know what the prince is going to do next, whether to join Hu Zhongxian's anti-Japanese army? Or just hang out in the small Jiashan oasis and do nothing, and be a prince of Taiping. You have not taken any action for several months, and I can't stay idle."
Yi Yun laughed and said, "Well... I really have an arrangement."
He cheered up, threw away the teapot, and smiled and said, "The development of Xiao Jiashan has reached its limit. Due to the prosperity of business, I encourage production with tax exemption. People from other oasis have also flocked to it. The population is increasing. Now the land in Jiashan oasis is no longer enough for me. I can't even find a piece of open space to build a new barracks. It's time to expand my territory."
It turns out that Jiashan Oasis has a population of only 40,000 to 50,000, but since Yiyun arrived, it was first exempted from taxes, and then a series of developments. Yun Gongzi Garment Factory and Yun Gongzi Pharmaceutical Factory have collected a large number of workers. The people devoted themselves to the factory to earn wages, and their lives were booming. The consequences of business prosperity were greatly stimulating the population growth. Many people from other oasis moved here...
Yi Yun came without hesitation, accepted all these people with a smile, and even obtained a new ID card for them.
As a result, the population of Xiaoxiao Jiashan Oasis became like a huge crowd, and new people kept pouring in... This has squeezed Xiaoxiao Jiashan. Now every piece of land is full of people, building houses everywhere. Yi Yun couldn't help recruiting some Yiwu soldiers because there was no place to build a barracks.
It's time to look for the Shanghai Oasis!
According to Yi Yun's understanding of the world map, in the east of Jiashan, on the delta at the mouth of the Yangtze River, there should be the city of Shanghai, but Dameng Kingdom does not have Shanghai, and there is a desert in that place, which means that the cork in the Shanghai Oasis has not been discovered. According to the laws of Dameng Kingdom, the discovery of the new cork is a great contribution to the opening of the reins and the soil. As long as the royal relatives can find a new cork, the newly emerging oasis will be granted to the royal relatives and become his fief.
Chapter completed!